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Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
ECZEM

gratefully acknowledge a cure of Eczema OF
Salt Rheum, on head, neck, face arms and legs
for seventeen years; not able to walk except on
hands and knees for one year; not able TO help
myself for eight years; tried hundreds of rem
edies; doctors pronounced my case hopeless:
permanently cured by the CUricuRA REMEDIES.
WILL MCDONALD,
2542 Dearbon street, Chicago H.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
TINE ROOM spREapING
Great Activity Ia Real Estate Purchases
IN Santa Cruz.

in Santa Cruz.
!copwisa 1857. b. fas caloruia Associated pre.s.l
SANTA Cruz, August 5th.-Real estate is
booming here. The latest sales are the
Magones property, on the hill overlooking
the city, to ]. II. Logan, for $1,000; the
.ast of the Powder MiH property on Beach
h,ll to +. A. Him, foy SIS 900. aud it is
SAID that the Isabel Grove property has
been sold to an Eastern man for s,25 600
one or two other large saiesare being .nego-
SGates to be contaminated in a few days.
Small lots go off like hot cakes.
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NEW ADYERTISEaENTs.
NOTICE.

A LII PER10NS WILL HEREBY TAKE NO.
~ tice, thst !, q. NJ. PURCELL, am the sole
owner oi the patent Of the Humboldt Washing
Machine and am the only person who en- as
thorlZe the manufacture and safe Of sai 4. Ssf.
ing Machine in the following ;erri,or H. gik
Commencing at the northwest corner Of Aodoc
county and running thence TO the headwate!s
OF the sacramento river, including said Mn5oc
county; thence down the Sacramento river ana
along san Pablo. SuislIn and san Francisco
bays, including ail the counties in the State OF
California east and south of said riverand BAYS
except the county of Butte. aud including the
counties OF Solano AND Naps west thereof. ANY
person manufacturing selling buying or using
said Humboldt Washing Machine in the said
territory under the permission of or for Darius
Finch IL Son, or any other person whatsoever
viii be proceeded against by ME according 70
law, lau6-ltl g. N. PURCELL
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OREGON.
-Four Men Killed and Several injured b.
Caving Rock.

Ie'4s 's' I'o'' oy tRe Calloraia Associated Prsss
PORTLAND. August 5th.-A seriou; acci-
dent occurred at the east end of the cas-
cade Tunnel. on the \. p R. r.. lest SIM
day. About fay tons of rock fell from the
roof, killing fers men and injurine several
athers. John Sullivan hsd his bowels torn
cut. and died il half an hour. he VS.
aged So Robert joses, Welehman. was
instantly killed. He has family Iiyinn
In Wales. Myers. nisfnamed Jumbo .
was instantly killed. lie was aged 80
henry sehmidt German. had his skull
fractured snd lived one dav. Martin Hsrt
had both Legs jammed, but will recover.
Dutch Henry had a leg broken. Ths
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
NEW NIEXICO.

The Body of T. Murdered Man Found In
River Bottom.
LEADvILLE, August 5th.-The horribly
mutilated body of James Hart was discoy-
cred buried in sandbar in the Arkansas
river near here to-day. The head of the
dead man was crushed. 1t is supposed he
was murdered by some unknown person
and thrown into the river.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Tacoma's Insignificant Debt - Railroad
and Telegraph Matters.

and Telegraph Matters.
Copyright. 1887, by The California Associated Press.
TACOMA, August 5th.-The actual indebt-
edness OF this city on July 81. 1887, was
$3,S15 Is. The San Francisco Chronicle
last month reported the Indebtedness 10 be
over million and half.
A. A. Honey, District Superintendent Of
the Northern Pacific Telegraph Company
| arrived in this city to-day from Portland
| and established his headquarters here His
office has heretofore been in Portland
The American District Telegraph Com
pany commenced the construction yester-
day of six miles of line throughout this
city.
Return of Alaska Tourists.
ECopigh, 1887 BY the Cat to71sid associated Press
TACOMA, August 9th. = The steamer
Olympia arrived this evening with 100 pas.
sengers from Alaska, among them Senator
Vest, who is enthusiastic over the mineral
prospects of that region. Ex-Mayor Carter
Harrison, of Chicago, is in town tonight
He expresses surprise at the development
of the coast and predicts that Tacoma will
become large and thriving metropolis
Frank Ross returned to-day from the
Cleelum mining country. He reports rich
discoveries being constantly made, and
predicts great rush to that region.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
CUTJCURa REsyrDIrs

Are sold by all druggists Price: CCTIcURA, so
cents; REseLyENT, 81; soar. 2j cents Prepared
Mass.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases,
DE TTIFY the Complexion and Skin by
DAll0 using the CunCuRA SOAP
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06

Michiean is exporting beans and in.
reasing itsyield annually.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
D. MCKAY,
800 j Street ..........

MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN HAR.
lNl ness OF ell grades, Saddles and Collars.
Horse Clothing, Robes, Whips, etc. We have on
hand a large stock Of Single Buggy Harness. ali
handmade from sioup. In
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
Spanish MeriDO Rams
FOR SALE!
ORDINANCE No. 10,
An Ordinance for the Protection of Ducks
in the County of Sacramento, California.

rTNHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF sACRA.
d mcnto County do ordain as follows
SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful between the
LIST day of April and the LIST day of October OF
each year, in the county of Sacramento to take
or hunt, kill or destroy any specie of ducks in
said county; and any person so offending shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor
SECrIoS 2. Every person who shall have In
his possession, or shall sell. give away or ex-
pose for sale, any specie of ducks, at time
when It is unlawful to take the same, as pro-
misdemeanor.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect
fifteen days after its passage.
Dated August s, 1887.
F. F. TEBBETS, Chairman.
Adopted August S, 1887, by the following vote
OF the Board: Ayes-Ross Bates and Tebbetx
lsEAL-l Attest: VIM. Is. HAMILTON, Clerk.
aufr15L
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
/ CAN'T BREATHE,

~ Chest Pains Nunbness, Soreness
&SkN Hacking Cough. Asthma, Plenrisy
0aH and Inflammation relieved In one
&iol minute by the Cuttcura Anti
q NE3SPain Plaster. Nothing Ike il. At
~SSh- druggists, % cents Potter Drug and
chemical Co., Boston. jy2-7tS&w5t
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
FOREIGN TOPICS.
PARNELL WELL PLEASED WITH
THE LAND BILL.
The Crown Prince-Ferry Willing
to Fight-The Cholcra-Em-
peror and Pope.
IN AFRICAN wILDs.

lsssaAL DISPATCHES TO TIE rrcoaD-uslos.l
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
PACIFIC COAST.
4 DAYS CATALOGUE OF FATAL
ACCIDENTS.
Purifying Wccdland.-Strike at Port
Costa--Arizona Eews-Vesseis
aud Lives Lost.
A LA,scRERs' STRIKE.

{ IsraAl srsrArcH1s 10 the ssooro-usIos /
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
-Four Persons Drowned

The mothers heart Is the child's school,
roopa.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-06
HOME AFFAIRS.
ALL THE CHICAGO B0ODLERS
FOUND GUILTY.
Henry George Reaping His Harvest
Men Drowned-Our Fruits
Texas Election.
OUR FLAG IN MOROCCO.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE sKcoRD-usos. !
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
The Tipping System.

According to information which re-
gard as reliable, the family grocer.
butcher and baker who does not ex-
tend occasional small favors to the do
mestic finds himself in the same fix as
the the horse sheer who who declines to
tip the coachman. Although it seems
hard that such grievous things can be,
it would not appear hard for servants
who are entrusted with the purveying
for large families to reduce the trades
man to complete state of subsection.
What could be easier than for a servant
to relinquish butcher who refuses to
comply with the general custom? How
simple matter for the servant who
has not been subsidized to spoil good
piece of meat in the cooking. and so
bring down the wrath of the head of
the family on the innocent butcher. If
it be true-and my informant seems
pretty certain of it-Where is the
system of bounties going to end?.-Chi-
cdg0 Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
He Was a Gentleman.

Some amusing stories are told of the
wit and wisdom of London school
children. A class of boys in Board
school was being examined orally in
scripture. The history of Moses had
for some time been a special study,
and one of the examiners asked:
What would you say of the general
character of MoSes?"
He was meek" said one boy.
Brave" said another.
Learned" added third boy.
please. SIR" piped forth pale
faced. neatly dressed lad, ''he was a
gentleman"
"A gentleman" asked the examiner.
How do you make that out?"
The boy promptly replied, in the
same thin, nervous voice: please.
sir, when the daughters of Jethro went
to the well to draw water, the shep-
herds came and drove them away; and
Moses helped the daughters of Jethro,
and said to the shepherds. Ladies first
please. gentlemen London Chris
GQn World
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
THE GREEK FIRE.
v Composition of the Seethlng Mixture Use,
In Esrly Warfare.

Composition Of the Seething Mixture Used
I'm Early Warfare.
The great use made of Greek fire in
the Middle Ages, so graphically de-
scribed by Gibbon, shows an intimate
knowledge of one of the objects to
which crude petroleum could be APP
piled. This compound enabled the
Greeks of the Eastern Empire to hold
their own against the Saracens for
some hundreds OF years and during two
sieges of Constantinople gave the VIC
tory to the Christians over their Moslem
enemies. The terror and devastation
caused by the Greek fire seems to have
been almost as great as that caused by
artillery. 1t was blown through long
copper tubes. which were fixed in the
fore part of the imperial galleys, or on
the walls of the Greek towns.
Sometimes ut the moment of the at
tack on besieged place, great caul-
drons containing the seething mixture
were tilted on the walls and the con-
tents poured upon the ASSISTANTS with
terrible effect. 1t could be projected
through considerable space, and has
been described as rushing through the
are like winged dragon, with the repOr!
of thunder and the velocity of lightning.
TWAS launched also in red-hot balls OF
iron. which fell with disastrous effect
within the walls of a beseiged city. 1t
can be understood what alarm such a
combustible would cause, especially
when thrown upon and among ignorant
and half-naked opponents, on whom the
noise and flame would have a terrifying
effect. Even in modern battles the re-
suits obtained by artillery fire, espec-
ially the fire of shells, is out of all pro-
portion to the number of men killed.
Later. when the secret of the Greek
fire had become known to the Saracens,
and it had been adopted by them. it,
effects were equally dreaded by the
Crusaders. The fact that it could not
be extinguishei by water added to the
terror. caused by the noise, smoke and
flame. The secret of its composition
was carefully guarded by the Greeks,
and retained for their exclusive use for
about four hundred years. Fables were
invented to hide from other nations so
valuable an adjunct TO the art of war.
and the barbarians were informed that
it had been revealed by an angel to
Constantine the Great. and that TO COM
municate the secret of its composition
would provoke the vengeance of the God
of the Christians. After the invention
of gunpowder it was no longer of much
value. have formula for the max
ing OF Greek fire, and in it petroleum
is one of the chief ingredients.-1aur-
rays Magazine.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
HEAT AS A PURIFIER.
How Many Malsrial and Other Diseases
Might BE Avoided.


Fire is thorough purifier. Two
hundred and twelve degrees of heat,
according to Fahrenheit. is the lowest
degree to which it is safe to expose in
fected meat, and as all kinds of meat
are always subject TO more or less dis
ease, or worms, invisible, it may be, to
a common microscope, it is not safe to
eat any kind, unless cooked by apply
ing pig deg Faint. Heat is a COM
plete remedy for many things. Heat
is great purifier as well as sweetener
of food and drink. Germs of disease
are lurking in many things. Water
from sluggish streams, pools or sloughs
should never be used until boiled. 1t
is nearly always full of disease or
injurious animalcule. By boiling,
settlers in new countries, where pure,
living water can not at first be had,
might De exempt from many protract-
ed or even fatal diseases. When po-
tatoes, apples or other vegetables are
rotting, the sound parts should not be
eaten raw, as the fungus or disease
with which they are decaying is fire.
quently poison to the human system.
And it is probable that many of the
malarial diseases, such as fever and
ague, neuralgia, etc. could be avoided
by strictly using cooked food, and
water purified by heat. The micro
scope is revealing wonders in the sci
ence of medicine. in anatomy, in physi-
ology and in nearly all the natural
sciences. The atomic theory is hav-
ing an increasing throng of adher.
ents.-BoStOn Budget
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
DEAD As A MUMMY.
The Complete and Universal Decadence OF
the Misunderstanding Craze.


the Misunderstanding Craze.
''Is there any market for roller
skates?" was asked of Mr.. Jerry Ray
mond, who, with his brother, was the
pioneer of the business.
''NOne to speak Of" was the reply;
'''the bottom has fallen clean out Of it. J"
HAS the demand entirely ceased?"
Practically, yes. We continue to
send few small orders to Canada, the
West and to Australia; with these eS-
"ceptions the trade is as dead as an Egyp-
tian mummy"
Has there been much change in the
price of skates?'
You'll laugh, probably, when tell
you that the skate we sold two or three
years ago for s. and Sc pair can now
be purchased for S1.25 and $50, and
yet at these latter figures we can make
a fair profit. OF course, our material
doesn't cost as much as il did then, and
in relation to this matter | w ant to tell
you something that is quite interesting,
and which very few people outside the
business know any thing about. When
we began the manufacture of skates
lockwood, out of which the wheels were
made, was worth about $50 ton. In
making the rollers we experimental
with almost every thing that sug-
gested itself, but could discover nothing
that served the purpose so well as the
material mentioned. OF course an
enormous demand for it Immediately
sprang up, and the price also took n
jump. The dealers seemed conscious
Of the fact that we could not get along
without it, and in less than no time
they had sent the price from $50 to
$40 a ton, and this was the figure they
held it at until the demand slackened.
panies who use lockwood almost ex-
aclusively in their business, were brought
up with a sudden turn when they found
the article had increased so enormously
in price. They couldn't afford to pur-
chase it at such value, and had to
substitute an inferior wood until it be-
came cheaper. We completely drained
the market. and at one time it looked
rs if we would be compelled TO use
some kind of substitute, but such an
emergency never arose, from the fact
that just about this time the roller
skating business became thoroughly
paralyzed.
Are many of the jObbers stocked up
with skates?"
"Yes, great many of them. know
of number of firms who have from
1000 to 5000 pairs, with no immediate
prospect of ever getting rid of them"
"On the whole, there was not a great
deal of money made on the Kinks, was
there?"
1T always pains me to think of that
matter. Look here, ut these photo
graphs. There is one that shows the
interior of my Brooklyn rink, which
was the finest in the world. 1t cost
just $S3. 900 to provide the subject fo1
that little picture. All of those beauti-
full decorations were swept away as
suddenly rs if they had been picked up
by a cyclone and ground into splinters.
am not alone in this disastrous ex-
perience; there were hundreds of others
who were served almost as badly as
was. ~ y Nail and Express.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
A Literary Career.

There goes that clever Mrs. Feather
leigh, she makes fortune every year
from her pen "
Indeed! l never saw any of her pro-
ductions."
Never saw theml why she wrote
letter commencing 'Parian Powder
for the Complexion that has been re-
produced in fac-simile on every box
sold. She received thousand dollars
for it Life.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23
No Pass. No ride

No more 'twixt rails of iron laid,
Ger field and moor and fallow,
Anemones will bloom and fade,
And daisies white and yellow;
No more between the ties will grow
The weeds and tangled grasses;
They'll all be dead, all trodden low,
By people without passes.
CHICAGO Tribune.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23

-"Well. Mary. said Mrs. Cobwigger
to her hired girl ''how will you like to
move to Harlem?' THAT depinds,
num-" was the naive reply. ''onf what
koind of a cop is on the bate "-TAs
Earth
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23

An Illinois paper says that species
of duck flew into the Office of a Win
chester hotel the other night and was
captured and Gagged. The glare of the
gentlemanly clerks breastpin attracted
this duck as the lighthouse lantern
draws the seabird. 1t was too much for
the poor bird. 1t was overpowered.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23

Very shortly after the death of his
first wife, Scotch laird made arrange
ments for second marriage; and on
asking his son, well known author,
to be present on the occasion, the latter
replied that The was unable to attend
in consequence of the recent death Of
his motherr'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-23

New York hotels employ in the
neighborhood of one thousand CHAM
bermaids.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13
I sNdsA% sAv.

Gray Of stretching sea, gray Of heavens dropping,
Gray of shore where waves sob low,
Gray of SEA gulls swooping;
Not a light on wave Oh lesinot ashadow showing,
Clouds not dense cndnglT orrdh,, 4 81
x'd' an ocr"" gently Ao,ns' / ! ; g.
Such this day to me; skies are dull and nshcn,
Hopes in flight blIkgray wings show,
Over sen"cd sssion;
N" regret AZ saidSn6l rAapes;
Gloom w. sNas cn"askI% rN,S \ { B
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13

kccrcr Macst, OF the, Eric county aims
house, says that in his experience one of the
peculiar freaks Of insanity is the seeming re-
versal of natural tendencies. "Fnr instance"
lie says, tive have in the male wards fine col
lcctions of potted plants and climbing vines,
which grow so luxurinntly that they curtain
the windows. The men tend these carefully,
pluck away the dead leaves, stir up the dirt
In the pots, prpnc the vines, keep them care
fully wntered, and in divers other ways
manifest the tendeIrst wat"hfulncss. Not 80
with the women. Every attempt to intro
ducc plants and vines ns n feature OF the fc-
male wards, save in the cottage where the
mildeSt cases IRE confined, has proved n fiat
failure. The women pull out the plants by
the roots, tear down the vines, and manifest
other destructive tendencies entirely Mt va
rance with the nature Of the sex In general.
New York Sun. .., ,,,,, ..,,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13
The wife In France,

Take now the shop keeping classes There
You will see the wife the active partner Of the
husband Behold them both MS the CONNER
cial traveller displays hi. goods on the
counter. The wife is supreme. Her objec-
tions are without appeal, her opinion final
1t is sho who generally hns charge OF the
books and the cash box and neither books
nor cash were ever inruStcd to n better
guardianship. She is not mere housekeeper,
with or without wages; slc Is the partner.
not merely a sleeping partner. This not only
enables her to lie Of great help to her h,is-
,l,anl, bu, it also enables her, II she happens
40 become n widow, to carry OH the business
without her husband, to be independent, and
40 bring mp her children. She has not, to OBJ
tain her living on her husbands death. to bc.
come n working housckeepcr or nurse; she
is the mistress Of her own house rs before,
and now the head OF the firm. In her shop
she is most polite and empresSee, but never
scrvilc, and il you wish her to take You for a
gentleman. don't keep your hat on while you
are engaged with her in Il commercial trans
action.
II is said that Louis XIV, the most naughty
and magnificent monarch of modern times,
used to lift his hat even to the female servants
Of his court. II so, no man need think that
he dcrogates from his dignity BY keeping his
Int of in n respectable shop when he IL
served 10y woman.
might say a word or two on the draw
backs OF the influence OF women OH French
men, hut there is no doubt that this influence
has polished our manners. Even in business
intercourse politencss is not baniShcd. In
England, for instance, checks IRE marked
"Pay to-" In France they are worled,
"Veuillcz pnycr'-"Please to pay l"kindly
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-10-13
sroRY o. 4 plNNER.
ME Maxwell Paine in Brooklyn Eagle.

4 --A-T-v---
Potatoes, Ont Cake md t:oa+t Mink on n
NI",,ntain .Side--A I,aughableD Chase.
We e,ftefrtlthe hut and found tho owner,
an Irishuall, sitting on II stool beside IL pot
eating p6taoaa. His mode of eating was to
break ths potato in two pieces, dip the end OF
:. the halfkl. sals that was sprfal on his knee,
and then squeeze it gut of It's skin into his
mouths AVBpi toldlim that we were bun
cry, he expressed regret that be had nothing
but pothtoes 10 cfFr us, but-ramt he ha,l, no
said we were welcome to "wd n heart and a
huff" 4S ebTpn"l4e wife! suggested thit
while we rounded the edge Of our appeti:es
with tasyRotato's she gq,I make . scope of.
oatmeal Dread, and if John, hef husband,
would catch the goat We could have milk.
John found thu goat IN the hctpf ,ilasticats
ing thG hair ,sasi'i"F, q = HreM hotss souar
being filed away in the digestive machinery
of n So goat, the disastrous character of tho
misfortune dnwnei on him, and gave vent
hisfrrtfngs n ycil tllac SuYHfrrs" iikr tho
wall of II lost soul prowing around Chicago
street ut u, m: With dislpay in every
feature and a singletrec III his hand, he went
for the goat. Sin did not wait FOR him. but,
spreading her tail to the, tleezc, she prone
H""eN WA SO 2 'uu'HUy uusA uoSS"N way
peculiar tonlQuiltain goats. She went streak
ing around the house, up the hill, then
down and across the brook, and back,
and around the house, with John in full
cry ut her wake. As the pageant came
tearing past the door, the goat bleating 9 de-
risive defiance, John waxing the hinglctrrc in
the ambient cleaning, and calling on us to
head her off, and we trying to cat hot pota-
toes, trip up the goat, aud laugh all at the
same time, 1t was n spectacle the like of
which is seldom seen. Tho goat went around
the house so often and so rapidly that she
looked like II procession Of goats that wanted
to so somewhere and was pressed for time.
john was suddenly possessed with IN i'll
spirntion, Jand MS suddenly he stopped IN his
mad career. Why should he pursue the ami
nal; why not turn, meet, nriTl intercept her
OH the next lapt With John to think was to
net He was no sooner struck with the idea
than he turned, nnd-thcn lie was struck by
the goat, and doubled up like the mattress OF
folding bed
When goat, rushing through space, is
suddenly confronted by n man, who hits her
OH the head with his stomach, the goat is in
varinhly surprised. This goat was 80 aston.
i>hed that she stood still for n moment, and
during that moment she was seized by two II
the white haired children md tied to n cart
We had to slaul John on the back with n
board to >tIaighten him out. While this was
going on the woman MIXED the govt. Soon
the nst cake was cooked, md such n dinner
rs we had There was nothing, absolutely
khothiny, but the ont cake, the milk and III"
Spotatocs. But how enjoyed them, and how
Nmuch Of these thing, ate, words would fail
Eme to cxpress.J. Arm"y Knox in Boston
Herald.